Obesity and organ transplantation: successes, failures, and opportunities.

摘要: The increasing rate of societal obesity is also affecting the transplant world through in candidates and donors as well its posttransplant repercussions. Being overweight obese has been shown to have significant effects on both short- long-term complications patient graft survival. However, much comorbidity can be controlled or prevented with careful selection aggressive management. A team approach managing comorbidities pre- essential for successful outcomes. Complicating understanding results research inclusion different weight categories, use listing vs weights, populations large enough statistical power, changes management, especially immunosuppression protocols, anti-infection operative techniques. Much more needed regarding many elements, including safe loss before transplantation, prevention gain after transplant, genomic influences, role bariatric surgery process.